Kierkegaard discusses the Virgin Mary to compare the greatness of Abraham to that of Mary‚ and to further emphasize the distinction between tragic hero and knight of faith. He writes‚ “for she was no heroine and he no hero‚ but both of them became greater than that‚ not by any means by being relieved of the distress‚ the agony‚ and the paradox‚ but because of these (Kierkegaard 94).” Mary‚ like Abraham‚ is tested by God through her virgin birth. The indignity put upon Mary resembles Abraham’s ethical
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The opening scene of the play is a court. There is a judge facing the audience. Mary Maloney is in the defendants seat ‚ looking very calm. Prosecutor: The defendant‚ Mary Maloney‚ is accused of murdering her husband‚ Patrick Maloney. Although she is currently pregnant‚ I urged your honour not to sympathise with her‚ as evidence shows that she is a cold-blooded killer. Mary Maloney pretends to cry upon hearing that. Defending Lawyer: Objection! No one is guilty until proven so in front of the
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and George III in a long line of scandal‚ it is not hard to believe the chaotic standing of their reputation. One monarch in particular‚ Mary Stuart‚ followed her predecessors’ tradition of causing gossip and disgrace. In a family extending from the British Tudor line of Henry VIII and the French House of Guise‚ this queen contained a fire ready to be ignited. Mary‚ Queen of Scots‚ was an incredible figure of the monarchy in the 1500’s‚ whose story is one of power and political gain shown through her
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the protagonist is Mary Maloney‚ the wife of Detective Patrick Maloney. She is a major character as the events of the story revolve around her actions‚ and a dynamic character as she transforms from a doting wife to a cunning murderer. Mary is six months pregnant‚ and her skin was described as having a “wonderful translucent quality‚ the mouth soft‚ and the eyes seemed larger‚ darker than before” (page 107‚ paragraph 2‚ line 7). The story starts innocently enough‚ with Mary being an exemplary housewife
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Relationships can be very hard‚ but in this case death and animals are apart of these two stories. Mary Maloney is a pregnant lady who is “very infatuated with her husband” at first until she hears that her husband has lost intentions to be with her‚ when Mary’s husband tells her the news she goes to make supper but hits him in the back of the head with a frozen lamb leg. Mary then plans out her way of acting like she didn’t kill her own husband so she throws the weapon in the oven and goes to the
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Mary Surratt was a woman who was thought to be involved in Abraham Lincoln’s assassination plot. Booth‚ the killer of Lincoln and her friend‚ asked her to deliver a package that ended up helping Booth get away from manhunters. For this reason added to lying to the police‚ having different reactions to news and having a son that was known to be a strong confederate‚ she was the first woman to be hanged. Although she wasn’t completely innocent‚ she did not deserve to be hanged for multiple reasons
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story is about three friends and their “journey” and their friendship and relationships. Two boys and a girl is particularly a romance story‚ Mary Ann is with Rafe but she kind of also likes Gilbert and Gilbert likes Mary Ann to so theirs the romance triangle going on. Body paragraph #1 (you can have more or less than 3 body paragraphs): Mary Ann “scared” Mary Ann in the story wasn’t sure about herself she doubted herself she didn’t believe in herself which could have a connection to being scared
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’Bloody Mary’ was harsh indeed‚ and many people died under her rein‚ but I find it odd that only she gets the title of ’bloody’ even though so many other rulers killed just as much and more as she did. She had people killed‚ yes‚ but her reasons were just that shade purer than‚ say‚ her father‚ who killed women because they could not produce a son and men because they displeased him. She was trying to restore order in an overturned country in the only way she saw fit: with religion. She was attempting
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Trials‚ Dreams‚ Illusions: Ang Paglilitis Kay Mang Serapio Throughout the scene of the “trial” of Mang Serapio‚ we can already see a lot of deviations from what a normal play should be like. In order to start the discussion of the play itself‚ I would like to state some elements that remained a mystery to me‚ even as I reached the end of the story and read it again all together. For some reason‚ it is very hard to truly understand what the play is alluding to‚ but nonetheless‚ what I would state
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The Life of Mary Stuart‚ Queen of Scots Mary was the youngest queens; she inherited her throne at only six days old. Although she did not start ruling her kingdom until the age of sixteen. Mary of born to King James V and Mary of guise. Her father died when she was only six days old. When this tragic event happened‚ King Henry VII saw an opportunity to unite England and Scotland; he wanted Mary to marry his son‚ Edward. The Scots despised the idea; they wanted Mary to marry A French prince‚ as they
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